Author:Seneca
| ←Author Index: Se | Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE – 65) |
| Also known as Seneca the Younger; Roman stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature; tutor and later advisor to the Emperor Nero |
WorksEdit
Dramatic worksEdit
- Collections
- The Eyght Tragedie of Seneca entituled Agamemnon translated out of Latin into English, by John Studley
- Seneca, his tenne tragedies, translated into Englyſh, transl. Jasper Heywood, Alexander Neville, John Studley, T. Nuce, Thomas Newton (1581) (external scan)
- The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, trans. Julian Watson Bradshaw (1902) (transcription project)
- The Tragedies of Seneca, trans. Frank Justus Miller (1907) (transcription project)
- Tragedies
- Agamemnon
- Hercules Furens (Madness of Hercules)
- Hercules Oetaeus (Hercules on Oeta)
- Medea
- Oedipus
- Phaedra (or Hippolytus)
- Phoenissae (Phoenician Women, or Thebais)
- Thyestes
- Troades (Trojan Women)
- Fabula praetexta
- Octavia (authorship disputed)
LettersEdit
- Moral letters to Lucilius (Loeb Classical Library edition; translated by Gummere)
- Seneca's letter describing gladiators
- Correspondence of Paul and Seneca, now considered a forgery
EssaysEdit
- Apocolocyntosis
- On Benefits (De Beneficiis)
- Naturales quaestiones, translated as Physical science in the time of Nero (external scan)
- Dialogues
- On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitæ)
- Of a Happy Life (De Vita Beata)
- Of Providence (De Providentia)
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man (De Constantia Sapientis)
- Of Anger (De Ira)
- Of Leisure (De Otio)
- Of Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi)
- Of Clemency (De Clementia)
- Consolations
Works about SenecaEdit
- Encyclopedia articles
- “Seneca, L. Annæus” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1886).
- “Seneca, L. Annaeus”, by George Long in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1870.
- "Seneca, L. Annæus," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Seneca," by Robert Drew Hicks in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911).
About his worksEdit
- The Influence of Seneca on Elizabethan Tragedy (1893) 1907 reprint: (external scan)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.